NEWS

Govt rules out blanket ban on pesticides

Source: Business Standard, Date: March , 2015

Government today
asserted in Lok Sabha that it will not ban all the pesticides prohibited in
other countries even as concern was voiced over their harmful impact. Raising
the issue through a Calling Attention motion, P Karunakaran (CPIM) spoke about
harms caused by pesticides, especially endosulfan. He highlighted the suffering
of people in his constituency Kasargod in Kerala due to the pesticide.